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favorite child care management system

Everything you need to run and grow for child care — from billing & family communication to automatic marketing & payroll.

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Capterra

300,000+ providers, teachers, & families

Disponible en español

Run and grow your child care business on one platform

Save money with Playground and provide an amazing family experience with professional invoicing, automatic payment plans, and a beautiful family portal.

Billing

Invoicing

Professional & automatic payment collection

Subsidized care

3rd party billing & family share of cost

Expenses

Simple spend tracking

Reporting

Revenue management, aging A/R, late accounts

Attendance

Digital check-in

Quick and easy attendance

Licensing compliance

Time sheet reports

Communication

Engagement

Share photos, videos, and messages

Activities

Record daily sheets

Early learning guidelines

Track child growth progress

Classroom

Family data & CRM

Child profiles at your fingertips

Staff data

Keep important employee info on hand

Schedules

Flexible scheduling with enrollment forecasting

Enrollment

Waitlist

Simplify processing applicants

Paperwork

Take your site paperless

Roster management

Schedule future classroom changes

Websites

Gorgeous, integrated sites

Food program

Menu planning

Plan & share menus with families

Meal counts

Point of service meal recording

CACFP reporting

Detailed reports for meal claims

The best child care management software

Designed to be simple

Playground has every feature you need to efficiently run a child care business

Billing

Attendance

Registration

Communication

Paperwork

Curriculum

Subsidies

Payroll

How is Playground different?

These are some of the most popular reasons why providers choose Playground

Live human support

30 second average chat response time

Digital documents

Families & staff can fill out any paperwork online through Playground

New features weekly

Playground releases new updates and innovations every single week for free

Join 300,000+ owners, directors, teachers, and families already on Playground

Your dream, all-in-one childcare management system

Powerful, not overwhelming

Playground has every feature you need to effortlessly run an early childhood program — from child management to HR

Billing

Payment plans for child care

Enrollment

Simple registration for child care

Attendance

Sign in/out and reports

Paperwork

Take your center paperless

Communication

Keep families in the loop

Activities

Simple photo & video sharing

Food programs

CACFP compliant reporting

Subsidized care

Manage 3rd party payment

Child Care Websites

Fully branded & SEO-optimized

Curriculum & lesson plans

Track student development

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  • Calvary Chapel Christian Preschool

    "Playground is the most customer-friendly system we've used. It’s like an extension of our program."

    Denisse Cardenas

  • Temple Isaiah Preschool

    "Playground helped us put together a plan so that our parents and teachers felt prepared when we started."

    Dr. Tamar Andrews

  • Gan Montessori

    "I wish someone would've told me about Playground sooner. Stop your search now and just sign up. You'll thank me later!”

    Moshe Teldon

  • Goldberg Montessori

    "The immunizations tracker eliminates all pencil and paper for us. I get back 10 hours every month — this is a game-changer!"

    Robyn Burck

  • Westside Neighborhood School

    "Once parents started using the app, everyone was thrilled on how easy and intuitive it was."

    Enjolie Gray

Hear from more centers using Playground

We add new features.

Every single week. For free.

Here's our latest product updates

Archive enrollment listings

New: Archive Old Listings

Mar 24, 2025

Duplicate emails in CRM

Usability Updates

Mar 17, 2025

Lesson plan activity bank

More Lesson Plan Updates and New Reporting

Mar 10, 2025

Invite guardians via text

Work Faster with Less Friction

Feb 24, 2025

View our full changelog

Painless onboarding

We'll help you get started in under 15 minutes

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1:1 help

Personal specialist you can call or email

Live human support

30 second average chat response time

Free data migration

We'll transfer your old childcare management app

Free training

Family and staff training webinars

Help Center

Virtual family and staff training webinars

Request features

Public roadmap for new features you can suggest

The best way for providers to run a child care business

Make more money, simplify your life, and delight your families by switching to Playground's child care management software

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Making excellent child care accessible to all

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Billing

Enrollment

Paperwork

Attendance

Communication

Activities

Subsidies

Food programs

Assessments

Websites

Expense tracking

Payroll

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